List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea
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This is a list of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Eritrea.
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| Group | Formation | Period | class="unsortable"| Notes |
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| Red Series Group | Danakil Formation | style="background-color: {{period color|pleistocene}};" | Pleistocene | align=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?geological_group=Red%20Series&formation=Danakil ETE Locality 1312, Afar Depression, Danakil - general] at Fossilworks.org |
| Dogali Formation | style="background-color: {{period color|oligocene}};" | Oligocene | align=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Dogali&group_formation_member=Dogali Dogali Formation] at Fossilworks.org | |
| Antalo Limestone | style="background-color: {{period color|tithonian}};" | Callovian-Tithonian | align=center | [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayStrata?geological_group=&formation=Antalo%20Limestone&group_formation_member=Antalo%20Limestone Antalo Limestone] at Fossilworks.org |
See also
References
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Further reading
- E. Abbate, A. Albianelli A. Azzaroli, M. Benvenuti, B. Tesfamariam, P. Bruni, N. Cipriani, et al. 1998. A one-million-year-old Homo cranium from the Danakil (Afar) Depression of Eritrea. Nature 393:458-460
- R. Jordan. 1971. Megafossilien des Jura aus dem Antalo-Kalk von Nord-Äthiopien [Jurassic megafossils from the Antalo Limestone of northern Ethiopia]. Beihefte zum Geologischen Jahrbuch 116:141-171
- J. Shoshani, R. C. Walter, M. Abraha, S. Berhe, P. Tassy, W. J. Sanders, G. H. Marchant, Y. Libsekal, T. Ghirmai and D. Zinner. 2006. A proboscidean from the late Oligocene of Eritrea, a ‘‘missing link’’ between early Elephantiformes and Elephantimorpha, and biogeographic implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103(46):17296-17301
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Category:Geologic formations of Eritrea